Rajinikanth's 2.0: Akshay Kumar to wrap up shoot in Chennai

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar is in Chennai to wrap up the remaining portions of superstar Rajinikanth’s sci-fi thriller 2.0.

With every passing day, the excitement for Shankar’s magnum opus 2.0 is pretty evident among fans, especially on social media.

As per recent developments, Akshay Kumar, who basking in the success of his court drama Jolly LLB 2, has resumed the shoot in Chennai. Reports also suggest that this schedule will be the last leg of shoot, which is slated to release on Diwali this year.

The Khiladi star is touted to be the prime antagonist in the film, who will play an ornithologist named Dr. Richard, while superstar Rajinikanth will reprise his characters as Chitti-The Robot and Dr. Vaseegaran.

The new addition to the cast are Amy Jackson, Sudhanshu Pandey, who will be seen as Dr Bora’s son, and Adil Hussain in pivotal roles.

Made on a lavish budget of Rs 400 crore, 2.0 is the costliest Asian film to be made and will release in 6 languages-Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English, Japanese and Chinese.

Bankrolled by Lyca Productions, the film has music by Academy Award winner AR Rahman, while Nirav Shah will crank the camera.